Infectious Diseases News

• Healthcare for Older Immigrants Sees Momentum Among States Supporters say the trend is crucial during a coronavirus pandemic that has left immigrants, who are disproportionately essential workers, more vulnerable to COVID-19.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• Sparked by Pandemic Fallout, Homeschooling Surges Across US For some families, the switch to homeschooling was influenced by their children's special needs.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• Patients and Providers Experience Telemedicine Growing Pains Patients seem to like remote visits, and healthcare providers now depend on them. But outages, freezing, and other glitches cost time and money, and compromise quality of care.
  Kaiser Health News, July 26, 2021
• White House Sees YouTube, Facebook as 'Judge, Jury & Executioner' on Vaccine Misinformation The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• IAS 2021 Supporting Young Women to Take HIV PrEP Previous trials of HIV prevention drugs in young people and women have shown that women who are not in relationships with men with HIV struggle to stay on PrEP.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• California Man Who Mocked COVID-19 Vaccine Dies of Virus 'I got 99 problems but a vax ain't one,' he said in a tweet last month.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• UW System to Offer Vaccinated Students $7K Scholarships The University of Wisconsin System plans to offer nearly $500,000 in scholarships this fall to students who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• Church-Based Services Help Close Mental Health Care Gaps Black individuals who receive mental health services through a church-based program report high levels of satisfaction, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• ECCMID 2021 C Diff Eradication Not Necessary for Clinical Cure The findings support existing guidance not to test for presence of C difficile after treatment if the patient is asymptomatic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• Fauci Says US Headed in 'Wrong Direction' on Coronavirus Dr Anthony Fauci responds to accusations by Sen Rand Paul, R-Ky, as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
  Associated Press, July 26, 2021
• Genes Have Role in Common-Cold Protection Against COVID-19 In some people, past exposure to common-cold coronaviruses seems to prepare the immune system to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus. Genes may play a role, according to a paper posted on bioRxiv ahead of peer review.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Separate Unvaccinated Healthcare Staff From Unvaccinated Patients, Researchers Advise With COVID-19 vaccination coverage incomplete among residents and staff at long-term care facilities, researchers have come up with a way to limit transmission in those settings: keep unvaccinated staff away from unvaccinated patients.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• WHO Urges Collaboration on Virus Origin After China Rejects Inquiry Plan The World Health Organization called on Friday for all countries to work together to investigate the origins of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Dispute Over Italian Coronavirus Study Shows Challenges of Probing Origins A dispute over blood tests has raised questions about an Italian study that suggested the coronavirus was circulating outside China much earlier than expected, highlighting the challenges of trying to determine when the virus emerged.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Blistering Eruptions, Including Bullous Pemphigoid, Seen After COVID Vaccine SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines may trigger subepidermal blistering eruptions, particularly bullous pemphigoid and most often in older adults, US clinicians report.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Vaccinated People Make Up 75% of Recent COVID-19 Cases in Singapore, but Few Fall Ill Vaccinated individuals accounted for three quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last 4 weeks, but they were not falling seriously ill, government data show.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Want a Bigger Raise? How About $50? US Companies Push COVID Shots for Staff Kevin Kelly is hitting his anti-vax workers where it may hurt them most: their paychecks.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• As Americans Navigate Conflicting COVID-19 Mask Advice, 'Everyone Is Confused' A COVID-19 surge ignited in parts of the United States by the highly contagious Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy has led to new mask mandates and deep confusion among some people about which guidance to follow.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Parts of Europe Raise Defences and Push Vaccines as Delta Advances Looking to counter the increasing menace of the coronavirus Delta variant, a growing number of European countries are raising their defences and trying to pressure more people to get vaccinated to stay safe.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• NFL to Enforce Forfeits for COVID-19 Cancellations If a game can't be rescheduled during the regular 18-week season, the team with the outbreak will forfeit the game and receive a 'loss' in standings, the league announced.
  WebMD Health News, July 26, 2021